From NIST Standards to Action: A Year of PQC Migration

Episode notes

One year ago, NIST released its long‑awaited post‑quantum cryptography standards, marking the official start of the migration to quantum‑safe security. It was the moment everyone had been “waiting for” but did it really kickstart the shift? In this anniversary episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Lintzen brings back some of the most important voices in the PQC conversation to revisit where we were, where we are, and where we need to go next: Dustin Moody (NIST) on what has surprised him about the first year of migration since the standards landed. Dr. Garfield Jones (DHS) on how mandates and compliance have accelerated (or complicated) the push to PQC. Bas Westerbaan (Cloudflare) on why the work is less about “just switching” and more about managing change. John Ray (Thales) on what crypto agility has looked like in practice since the standards dropped. Mamta Gupta ( Lattice ) & Cassie Crossley (Schneider Electrics) on the reality of aligning hardware lifecycles, evolving algorithms, and compliance demands.